EP4184651A1 - Verfahren zur herstellung einer sekundärbatterie - Google Patents

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EP4184651A1
EP4184651A1 EP21867189.9A EP21867189A EP4184651A1 EP 4184651 A1 EP4184651 A1 EP 4184651A1 EP 21867189 A EP21867189 A EP 21867189A EP 4184651 A1 EP4184651 A1 EP 4184651A1
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Ji-Hoon Ryu
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  • the present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2020-0117965 filed on September 14, 2020 in the Republic of Korea.
  • the present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery, including a novel activation step.
  • lithium-ion secondary batteries have been used widely as power sources of portable electronic instruments, such as notebook PCs, cellular phones, digital cameras, camcorders, or the like.
  • portable electronic instruments such as notebook PCs, cellular phones, digital cameras, camcorders, or the like.
  • lithium-ion secondary batteries have high energy density, they have been applied to transport means, such as electric vehicles.
  • a lithium-ion secondary battery is obtained by stacking a positive electrode, a separator and a negative electrode to form a stack cell, introducing the stack cell into a pouch and filling the pouch with an electrolyte.
  • a gap may be generated between the separator and the electrode.
  • improvement of the performance of a battery such as capacity characteristics, life characteristics and safety, can be expected.
  • a battery using a liquid type electrolyte shows poor safety due to the volatility and ignitibility of the electrolyte.
  • such a battery may cause the problem of electrolyte leakage to the outside of the battery.
  • a gel polymer electrolyte (gelyte) has been used.
  • a gel polymer electrolyte has higher safety as compared to the liquid electrolyte, it shows significantly lower flowability as compared to the liquid electrolyte. Therefore, when a gap is generated between the electrode and the separator, the performance of the battery is degraded undesirably.
  • the present disclosure is directed to providing a method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte secondary battery using a gelyte as an electrolyte.
  • the present disclosure is also directed to providing a method for manufacturing a secondary battery, including a novel battery activation step so that the gap between a separator and an electrode may be reduced and the binding of the separator with the electrode may be retained stably. It will be easily understood that the objects and advantages of the present disclosure may be realized by the means shown in the appended claims and combinations thereof.
  • a method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte battery including:
  • the method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte battery as defined in the first embodiment wherein the first pressurization step is carried out at 3 kgf/cm 2 or less.
  • the method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte battery as defined in the first or the second embodiment wherein the electrolyte precursor includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a crosslinkable polymer and/or oligomer, and a crosslinking initiator.
  • the crosslinkable polymer includes a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and/or an acrylic polymer having a crosslinkable functional group.
  • PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
  • the method for manufacturing a gel polymer electrolyte battery as defined in any one of the first to the fourth embodiments wherein the gelling of the electrolyte precursor is carried out at a temperature where crosslinking is accomplished.
  • step (S2) is carried out for a time of 1 hour or less.
  • step (S3) is carried out under the same pressure as step (S2), while not releasing the pressure applied to step (S2).
  • step (S3) is carried out by carrying out charge to 30-100% of the battery capacity.
  • step (S5) is carried out at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature of step (S2).
  • step (S5) is carried out at a temperature higher than the temperature of step (S2).
  • step (S5) is carried out at a temperature higher than the temperature of step (S2).
  • a degassing step is further carried out after step (S5).
  • the gel polymer electrolyte battery obtained according to the present disclosure shows a small gap between a separator and an electrode and high binding force.
  • the battery has a reduced thickness and improved shape stability and stiffness.
  • the battery shows increased initial capacity, reduced initial resistance, and improved characteristics, such as cycle characteristics, high-temperature safety, overcharge safety and penetration safety.
  • the gel polymer electrolyte battery undergoes no change in physical properties, such as deterioration of an electrolyte, when it is subjected to a high temperature/pressurization step and accomplishes a desired effect within a relatively short processing time, and thus shows improved processing efficiency as compared to the manufacture of the conventional liquid electrolyte batteries.
  • ⁇ a part includes an element' does not preclude the presence of any additional elements but means that the part may further include the other elements.
  • the terms 'about', 'substantially', or the like are used as meaning contiguous from or to the stated numerical value, when an acceptable preparation and material error unique to the stated meaning is suggested, and are used for the purpose of preventing an unconscientious invader from unduly using the stated disclosure including an accurate or absolute numerical value provided to help understanding of the present disclosure.
  • ⁇ A and/or B' means ⁇ A, B or both of them'.
  • the present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery, particularly a method for manufacturing a secondary battery, including a novel activation step.
  • the term 'secondary battery' means a repeatedly rechargeable battery and has a concept covering a lithium-ion battery, nickel-cadmium battery, nickel metal hydride battery, or the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating the method for manufacturing a battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes an activation step including: (S1) a pre-aging step; (S2) a first pressurization step; (S3) a formation step: (S4) an aging step; and (S5) a second pressurization step.
  • each of the first pressurization step and the second pressurization step may be carried out in a heated state independently.
  • the second pressurization step may be carried out under a higher pressure as compared to the first pressurization step.
  • the pre-aging step (S 1) may be carried out by introducing a stack cell to a battery casing, injecting an electrolyte precursor thereto, and allowing the resultant product to stand at room temperature for a predetermined time.
  • the electrolyte precursor may include an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a crosslinkable polymer and/or oligomer, and a crosslinking initiator.
  • the pre-aging includes a first step carried out for impregnating the stack cell sufficiently with the electrolyte precursor, and a second step for carrying out gelling of the electrolyte precursor to form a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • the first step may be carried out for a time sufficient to allow the electrolyte precursor to infiltrate and diffuse to the micropores of the electrode or separator.
  • the first step is carried out before charging/discharging the battery, and is performed preferably at room temperature so that decomposition of the ingredients, such as the organic solvent, contained in the electrolyte precursor may be prevented.
  • the electrolyte precursor means one that is gelled by heating in the second step as described below to form a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • the electrolyte precursor is a salt having a structure of A + B - , wherein A + includes an alkali metal cation such as Li + , Na + , K + or a combination thereof, and B - includes an anion such as PF 6 - , BF 4 - , Cl - , Br - , I - , ClO 4 - , AsF 6 - , CH 3 CO 2 - , CF 3 SO 3 - , N(CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 - , C(CF 2 SO 2 ) 3 - or a combination thereof, the salt being dissolved or dissociated in an organic solvent.
  • organic solvent examples include propylene carbonate (PC), ethylene carbonate (EC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), dipropyl carbonate (DPC), dimethyl sulfoxide, acetonitrile, dimethoxyethane, diethoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), gamma-butyrolactone ( ⁇ -butyrolactone) and ester compounds, and any one selected from such organic solvents or a mixture of two or more of them may be used.
  • PC propylene carbonate
  • EC ethylene carbonate
  • DEC diethyl carbonate
  • DMC dimethyl carbonate
  • DPC dipropyl carbonate
  • dimethyl sulfoxide acetonitrile, dimethoxyethane, diethoxyethane, tetrahydrofuran
  • NMP N-methyl-2-pyrrol
  • the electrolyte precursor is one that may be gelled by crosslinking or polymerization and includes a crosslinkable polymer and/or oligomer, and may further include a polymerization initiator for the purpose of crosslinking or polymerization thereof.
  • the crosslinkable polymer may include a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based polymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and/or an acrylic polymer having a crosslinkable functional group.
  • PVDF-based polymer may include polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-tetrafluoroproethylene (PVDF-TFE), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoro ethylene (PVDF-CTFE), polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroproethylene (PVDF-TrFE), or the like, and at least one of them may be used.
  • PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
  • PVDF-HFP polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene
  • PVDF-TFE polyvinylidene fluoride-co-tetrafluoroproethylene
  • PVDF-CTFE polyvinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoro ethylene
  • PVDF-TrFE
  • the polymerization initiator may include a thermal initiator, such as AIBN, or a peroxide initiator, such as benzoyl peroxide.
  • the electrolyte precursor may be gelled through the crosslinking of the crosslinkable polymer, induced by the crosslinking initiator.
  • the second step may be carried out at a temperature sufficient to allow the initiator contained in the electrolyte precursor to initiate polymerization.
  • the temperature may range from 30°C to 80°C.
  • the crosslinkable polymer and/or oligomer contained in the electrolyte precursor may be crosslinked or polymerized so that the inner part of the battery may be filled with a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • a room-temperature aging step may be further carried out, wherein the battery is allowed to stand at room temperature for a predetermined time.
  • the pre-aging step may be carried out, after the electrolyte precursor is injected and the battery casing is sealed preliminarily.
  • Such preliminary sealing refers to complete pre-sealing of the battery casing for carrying out a degassing step of discharging the gases in the battery, generated in the formation step as described hereinafter, or the like.
  • the first pressurization step (S2) is carried out.
  • the first pressurization step may be carried out under a pressure of 3 kgf/cm 2 or less.
  • the pressurization may be controlled to 1-3 kgf/cm 2 .
  • the first pressurization step may be carried out at a temperature of about 30-70°C.
  • the temperature may be controlled to 50°C or higher.
  • the pressurization condition and temperature condition may be retained for 1 hour or less, particularly 30 minutes or less.
  • the first pressurization is carried out in order to fix the shape of the stack cell (for example, the shape of the stack cell is fixed to prevent bending, when the stack cell is planar), and to accelerate homogeneous diffusion of the electrolyte precursor into the battery.
  • the first pressurization step is effective for increasing the shape stability of the battery and reducing the non-uniformity in the stack cell before carrying out a formation step. Therefore, it is possible to ensure uniform electrochemical characteristics, such as resistance and binding force, throughout the battery by the subsequent formation step.
  • a formation step is carried out (S3).
  • the formation step means a step of activating the secondary battery by charging and discharging the secondary battery after the completion of the first pressurization step.
  • the formation step may be carried out continuously under the same pressure as step (S2), while not releasing the pressure applied to step (S2).
  • step (S3) the battery is charged to 30-100%, 50-100%, or 80-100% of the battery capacity, and discharged to 50-0% or 30-0% of the battery capacity.
  • the battery capacity is expressed by state-of-charge (SOC).
  • the problem of lithium metal plating or an increase in resistance caused thereby is reduced significantly, since the inner part of the stack cell is impregnated sufficiently with the electrolyte precursor before carrying out the formation step. Therefore, it is possible to carry out charge/discharge to the maximum SOC, 100%, in the formation step subsequent to the pre-aging step.
  • the battery may be charged in a constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) mode and discharged in a CC mode based on 0.1 C-rate.
  • the charge/discharge cut-off voltage may be set in a range of 2.3-4.5 V.
  • the charge/discharge conditions are not limited particularly to the above-defined ranges, and any suitable range or condition may be set considering the electrode active materials, battery types, battery characteristics, or the like.
  • the formation step is carried out preferably at a temperature lower than the temperature applied to the first pressurization step.
  • the formation step may be carried out at a temperature of lower than 60°C.
  • an aging step may be carried out (S4).
  • the aging step may include a step of allowing the battery at a temperature of 30-70°C to stand for a predetermined time. While the aging step is carried out, the electrolyte is distributed homogeneously in the battery, and the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) film formed by heat energy and electrochemical energy is further stabilized and is reformed with a uniform thickness without localization. Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a room-temperature aging step may be further carried out before and/or after heating to the above-defined temperature.
  • the pressurization condition in the second pressurization step is higher than the pressurization condition in the first pressurization step.
  • the pressurization condition in the second pressurization step may be higher than 3 kgf.
  • the temperature condition in the second pressurization step may be equal to or higher than the temperature of the first pressurization step.
  • the second pressurization step since the second pressurization step is carried out under a relatively severe condition as compared to the first pressurization step, the temperature and pressure may be maintained for a time equal to or smaller than the processing time of the first pressurization step. However, the time is controlled depending on the temperature condition of the second pressurization.
  • the second pressurization step may be carried out for a time controlled suitably in a range of 1-90 minutes.
  • a degassing step of discharging the gases generated in the battery before or after carrying out the second pressurization step may be further carried out, and the second pressurization may accelerate discharge of the gases.
  • a degassing step may be carried out before or after carrying out the second pressurization step.
  • the pre-sealing of the battery casing may be released to open the battery. Then, the battery casing is sealed after the degassing step to obtain a battery.
  • the stack cell may include a negative electrode, a positive electrode and a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode.
  • the separator is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an insulating thin film having high ion permeability and mechanical strength is used as the separator.
  • the separator generally has a pore diameter of 0.01-10 ⁇ m and a thickness of 5-300 ⁇ m.
  • the separator may include insulating porous substrates, such as polymer sheets or non-woven webs, including chemically resistant and hydrophobic olefinic polymers, such as polypropylene, glass fibers or polyethylene, used conventionally in the field of secondary batteries.
  • the separator may further include an inorganic coating layer formed on the surface of the porous substrate and including inorganic particles in order to increase the heat resistance and stability of the separator.
  • the inorganic coating layer includes inorganic particles and a binder resin, and may have a porous structure derived from the interstitial volumes among the inorganic particles.
  • the inorganic particles there is no particular limitation in the inorganic particles, as long as they are electrochemically stable and cause no oxidation and/or reduction in the range of operating voltage of an applicable electrochemical device.
  • the inorganic particles may include any one of SrTiO 3 , SnO 2 , CeO 2 , MgO, NiO, CaO, ZnO, ZrO 2 , SiO 2 , Y 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 , AlOOH, Al(OH) 3 , SiC and TiO 2 , or two or more of them.
  • binder resin examples include, but are not limited to: fluorinated resins, such as PVDF and PVDF-HFP, polymethyl methacrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polybutyl methacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene oxide, polyarylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethylpolyvinyl alchol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, and carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • fluorinated resins such as PVDF and PVDF-HFP
  • PVDF and PVDF-HFP polymethyl methacrylate
  • polybutyl acrylate polybutyl methacrylate
  • polyacrylonitrile polyvinyl pyrrolidone
  • polyethylene oxide polyarylate
  • cellulose acetate cellulose acetate butyrate
  • the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector and containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive material and a binder resin.
  • the negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector and containing a negative electrode active material, a conductive material and a binder resin.
  • the negative electrode may include, as a negative electrode active material, any one selected from: lithium metal oxide; carbon such as non-graphitizable carbon or graphite-based carbon; metal composite oxides, such as Li x Fe 2 O 3 (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1), Li x WO 2 (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1), Sn x Me 1-x Me' y O z (Me: Mn, Fe, Pb, Ge; Me': Al, B, P, Si, elements of Group 1, 2 or 3 in the Periodic Table, halogen; 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1; 1 ⁇ y ⁇ 3; 1 ⁇ z ⁇ 8); lithium metal; lithium alloy; silicon-based alloy; tin-based alloy; metal oxides, such as SnO, SnO 2 ,
  • the conductive material may be any one selected from the group consisting of graphite, carbon black, carbon fibers or metal fibers, metal powder, conductive whiskers, conductive metal oxides, activated carbon and polyphenylene derivatives, or a mixture of two or more of such conductive materials. More particularly, the conductive material may be any one selected from natural graphite, artificial graphite, Super-P, acetylene black, Ketjen black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black, thermal black, denka black, aluminum powder, nickel powder, zinc oxide, potassium titanate and titanium dioxide, or a mixture of two or more such conductive materials.
  • the current collector is not particularly limited, as long as it causes no chemical change in the corresponding battery and has high conductivity.
  • Particular examples of the current collector may include stainless steel, copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium, baked carbon, aluminum or stainless steel surface-treated with carbon, nickel, titanium or silver, or the like.
  • the binder resin may be a polymer used currently for an electrode in the art.
  • Non-limiting examples of the binder resin include, but are not limited to: polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride-co-trichloroethylene, polymethyl methacrylate, polyethylhexyl acrylate, polybutyl acrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl acetate, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate, polyethylene oxide, polyarylate, cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate butyrate, cellulose acetate propionate, cyanoethylpullulan, cyanoethylpolyvinyl alchol, cyanoethyl cellulose, cyanoethyl sucrose, pullulan, and carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • the present disclosure provides a battery module which includes a battery including the electrode assembly as a unit cell, a battery pack including the battery module, and a device including the battery pack as an electric power source.
  • a battery module which includes a battery including the electrode assembly as a unit cell, a battery pack including the battery module, and a device including the battery pack as an electric power source.
  • the device include, but are not limited to: power tools driven by the power of an electric motor; electric cars, including electric vehicles (EV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), or the like; electric two-wheeled vehicles, including E-bikes and E-scooters; electric golf carts; electric power storage systems; or the like.
  • LiNi 1/3 Mn 1/3 Co 1/3 O 4 , a conductive material (carbon black), and a binder (SBR/CMC, weight ratio 70:30) were introduced to deionized water at a weight ratio of 90:5:5, followed by mixing, to prepare a positive electrode mixture.
  • the resultant positive electrode mixture was coated on aluminum foil (thickness of 20 ⁇ m) as a positive electrode current collector to a thickness of 60 ⁇ m, followed by drying, to obtain a positive electrode.
  • Lithium metal foil (thickness 160 ⁇ m) was used as a negative electrode.
  • a separator (separator made of polyethylene, thickness 20 ⁇ m) was interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode to obtain a stack-type stack cell.
  • Al 2 O 3 and PVDF-HFP were introduced to acetone to obtain slurry for forming an inorganic coating layer.
  • the mixing ratio of the inorganic particles to the binder resin in the slurry was 80:20 on the weight basis.
  • each slurry had a solid content of about 18 wt%, except acetone.
  • the slurry was applied to a separator (polyethylene, porosity 45%, thickness 9 ⁇ m) at a loading amount of 15 g/m 2 based on the area of the separator and dried under a humidified condition of a relative humidity of 45%. Then, the dried product was cut into a size of 60 mm (length) ⁇ 25 mm (width) to obtain a separator.
  • Ethylene carbonate was mixed with ethyl methyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 3:7, and a lithium salt was introduced thereto to a concentration of 1.2 M.
  • the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 mixed with LiFSI at a ratio of 0.5 mol : 0.7 mol. Then, 5 wt% of PVDF-HFP and 0.02 wt% of AIBN as a polymerization initiator were introduced thereto to prepare an electrolyte precursor.
  • the positive electrode, the separator and the negative electrode obtained as described above were stacked successively, and lamination was carried out to obtain a stack cell.
  • the stack cell was introduced to a pouch-type battery casing, the electrolyte precursor was injected thereto, and pre-sealing was carried out.
  • the battery obtained from the Manufacture Example was subjected to an activation step as follows to finish the manufacture of the battery.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at room temperature for about 2 days and at 70°C for 3 hours to perform a pre-aging step of gelling the electrolyte precursor into a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • a first pressurization step was carried out.
  • the first pressurization condition of each Example is shown in the following Table 1.
  • formation was carried out under the same pressure condition at 50°C. The formation was performed by carrying out charge at 0.1 C in a constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) mode and carrying out discharge at 0.1 C in a CC mode, wherein the battery was charged to 30% of SOC.
  • CC constant-current
  • CV constant-voltage
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the cycle characteristics according to this charge/discharge test. Meanwhile, the residual capacity is calculated according to the following Mathematical Formula 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows the test results, wherein Examples using a higher pressure and higher temperature in the second pressurization step provide higher cycle characteristics as compared to the other Examples.
  • (1) represents Example 3, (2) and (3) represent Examples 4 and 5, respectively, (4) represents Example 6, and (5) represents Example 7.
  • Graphs (2) and (3) show similar results and are overlapped with each other.
  • Residual capacity % Discharge capacity at the 300 th cycle/Discharge capacity at the 2 nd cycle ⁇ 100
  • the positive electrode, the separator and the negative electrode obtained from the Manufacture Example were stacked successively, and lamination was carried out to obtain a stack cell.
  • the stack cell was introduced to a pouch-type battery casing, an electrolyte was injected thereto, and pre-sealing was carried out.
  • the electrolyte was prepared by mixing ethylene carbonate with ethyl methyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 3:7, and introducing a lithium salt thereto to a concentration of 1.2 M.
  • the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 mixed with LiFSI at a ratio of 0.5 mol : 0.7 mol.
  • ethylene carbonate was mixed with ethyl methyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 3:7, and a lithium salt was introduced thereto to a concentration of 1.2 M.
  • the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 mixed with LiFSI at a ratio of 0.5 mol : 0.7 mol.
  • 5 wt% of PVDF-HFP and 0.02 wt% of AIBN as a polymerization initiator were introduced thereto to prepare an electrolyte precursor.
  • the positive electrode, the separator and the negative electrode obtained from the Manufacture Example were stacked successively, and lamination was carried out to obtain a stack cell.
  • the stack cell was introduced to a pouch-type battery casing, the electrolyte precursor was injected thereto, and pre-sealing was carried out.
  • LiNi 1/3 Mn 1/3 Co 1/3 O 4 , a conductive material (carbon black), and a binder (SBR/CMC, weight ratio 70:30) were introduced to deionized water at a weight ratio of 90:5:5, followed by mixing, to prepare a positive electrode mixture.
  • the resultant positive electrode mixture was coated on aluminum foil (thickness of 20 ⁇ m) as a positive electrode current collector to a thickness of 60 ⁇ m, followed by drying, to obtain a positive electrode.
  • Lithium metal foil (thickness 160 ⁇ m) was used as a negative electrode.
  • a separator (separator made of polyethylene, thickness 20 ⁇ m) was interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode to obtain a stack-type stack cell.
  • Al 2 O 3 and PVDF-HFP were introduced to acetone to obtain slurry for forming an inorganic coating layer.
  • the mixing ratio of the inorganic particles to the binder resin in the slurry was 80:20 on the weight basis.
  • each slurry had a solid content of about 18 wt%, except acetone.
  • the slurry was applied to a separator (polyethylene, porosity 45%, thickness 9 ⁇ m) at a loading amount of 15 g/m 2 based on the area of the separator and dried under a humidified condition of a relative humidity of 45%. Then, the dried product was cut into a size of 60 mm (length) ⁇ 25 mm (width) to obtain a separator.
  • Ethylene carbonate was mixed with ethyl methyl carbonate at a volume ratio of 3:7, and a lithium salt was introduced thereto to a concentration of 1.2 M.
  • the lithium salt includes LiPF 6 mixed with LiFSI at a ratio of 0.5 mol : 0.7 mol. Then, 5 wt% of PVDF-HFP and 0.02 wt% of AIBN as a polymerization initiator were introduced thereto to prepare an electrolyte precursor.
  • the positive electrode, the separator and the negative electrode obtained as described above were stacked successively, and lamination was carried out to obtain a stack cell.
  • the stack cell was introduced to a pouch-type battery casing, the electrolyte precursor was injected thereto, and pre-sealing was carried out.
  • Comparative Examples 1 and 9 Comparative Example 1 is Liquid Electrolyte Battery, and Comparative Example 9 is Gel Polymer Electrolyte Battery, No Pressurization Step is Carried Out
  • An aging step was carried out at 60°C for 1 day, and formation was carried out under 3 kgf at 50°C.
  • the formation was performed by carrying out charge at 0.1 C in a CC/CV mode and carrying out discharge at 0.1 C in a CC mode, wherein the battery was charged to 30% of SOC. Then, pre-sealing was released to perform a degassing step, and the battery casing was sealed to finish the manufacture of a secondary battery.
  • the battery obtained from the Manufacture Example was subjected to an activation step as follows to finish the manufacture of the battery.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at room temperature for about 2 days to perform a pre-aging step.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at 60°C under a pressure of 3 kgf, and formation was carried out under the same pressure condition at 50°C.
  • the formation was performed by carrying out charge at 0.1 C in a constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) mode and carrying out discharge at 0.1 C in a CC mode, wherein the battery was charged to 30% of SOC.
  • the battery was subjected to an aging step.
  • the aging step was maintained at 60°C for 1 day.
  • a second pressurization step was carried out.
  • the second pressurization condition of each Example is shown in the following Table 2.
  • the pre-sealing was released to carry out a degassing step, and the battery casing was sealed to finish the manufacture of a secondary battery.
  • the battery obtained from the Manufacture Example was subjected to an activation step as follows to finish the manufacture of the battery.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at room temperature for about 2 days and at 60°C for 3 hours to perform a pre-aging step of gelling the electrolyte precursor into a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • formation was performed with no first pressurization step. The formation was performed by carrying out charge at 0.1 C in a constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) mode and carrying out discharge at 0.1 C in a CC mode, wherein the battery was charged to 30% of SOC.
  • the battery was subjected to an aging step. The aging step was maintained at 60°C for 1 day.
  • the battery obtained from the Manufacture Example was subjected to an activation step as follows to finish the manufacture of the battery.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at room temperature for about 2 days and at 60°C for 3 hours to perform a pre-aging step of gelling the electrolyte precursor into a gel polymer electrolyte.
  • the battery was allowed to stand at 60°C for 3 hours under a pressure of 3 kgf, and formation was carried out under the same pressure condition at 50°C.
  • the formation was performed by carrying out charge at 0.1 C in a constant-current (CC)/constant-voltage (CV) mode and carrying out discharge at 0.1 C in a CC mode, wherein the battery was charged to 30% of SOC.
  • the battery was subjected to an aging step.
  • Second pressurization step Remarks Comp. Ex. 10 Temperature (°C) 60 80 Same pressure Time (min) 10 60 Pressure (kfg/cm 3 ) 3 3 Comp. Ex. 11 Temperature (°C) 60 60 Same pressure Time (min) 10 60 Pressure (kfg/cm 3 ) 3 3 Comp. Ex.
  • the battery was charged/discharged in a state of SOC 100% from SOC 100 to SOC 0 at an interval of SOC 10 with a pulse of 2.5 C, and the momentary resistance was determined by using a charger.
  • a stiffness jig was coupled with a UTM instrument.
  • the jig had an upper plate/lower plate diameter of 5 mm, and the span size of the lower plate was 16 times of the thickness of a specimen. Then, a three-point bending rupture test was carried out.
  • the working load applied to the specimen was 30 gf, and the speed was set to 5 mm/min.
  • the actual test speed was 10 mm/min, and the compressed length was at most 2 mm.
  • the batteries of Examples 1 and 2 obtained by the method according to the present disclosure show higher stiffness and safety as compared to the batteries according to Comparative Examples.
  • the batteries of Examples 1 and 2 obtained by the method according to the present disclosure show better resistance characteristics as compared to the batteries (Comparative Examples 6-13) using a solid electrolyte material among the batteries according to all Comparative Examples.

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